MILLIONS of 1984 Monte Carlos?
They must be more popular than I thought. Just don't see that many to make that statement seem accurate.
I have my grand mothers 1984 Monte with cloth landau 305 ac and wire wheels approx 54000 miles
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MILLIONS of 1984 Monte Carlos?
They must be more popular than I thought. Just don't see that many to make that statement seem accurate.
Zach, I totally disagree with this tactic. Some people fall into owning a G Body and come here simply to try to sell the car. I don't see anything wrong if they leave after the sale/no sale. Some come here to get out of G Bodies. Some even come here to unload it, but decide to keep it........
"Some" long time members here want to have a damn hissy fit if someone doesn't tell them where they are from , history of the car and what they do for a living etc..... As far as G Bodies go, the 84 Monte is FAR from the worst, ugliest most under powered.
136,780 is far from millions, but for one year of production in 1984, it's pretty hefty as far as car production goes. It was the highest production year for Montes. And Cutlass too. They made 157,806 2 door Supremes/Calais in that year.
Millions is g-bodies. I don't see many people saying, "man, I really need a base model low end 194 Monte Carlo, how many did they make and where..."
Reality is for a basic nothing-special car like that it's going to be a buyer of a g-body who will consider a cutlass, regal, monte, grand prix, or Malibu pretty much equally.
1978-1988 olds cutlass bodied cars alone, OVER 3.5 MILLION built. Add your other to that.
(Source: http://tech.oldsgmail.com/misc_styles.php)
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Monte Carlo production 1981-1988 body was 854,575, of which 161067 were the more desirable SS models. When you include the 1978-1980s, total production jumps to 1,678,531.
(Source: https://www.ss396.com/cars/1978-monte-carlo/ change the year then add)
Many many many millions of base model gbody cars to choose from is the point.
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They may have built millions of these but there are millions of these that have been roached, trashed and made into dirt track cars. Its hard to find a good clean original car. At least on this side of the mountains.
true,but that camera angle's a bold face liar...that reminds me..
I get the point, but if you go that route, you can say Mustangs are a dime a dozen if you added up all the ones produced over the years. Well, they kinda are to me, but in general, each year may have that "thing" that makes them desirable.
No, generic vanilla G-bodies make up the majority of the G-body population. The Monte SS, GN, etc., were minor numbers in the big scheme of things. The cars weren't really designed to be performance cars for the most part, other than the small production numbers as pertaining to those "special" versions. And by today's standards, none of them are worth a flip unless you mod the heck out of them.
If it was an 84 Monte SS, that would merit more $$ because of how small the number was for that particular version in 1984. But the typical Monte Carlo was made for dependable and stylish transportation. GM learned a big time lesson after that 2nd oil crunch and it took a long time to recover from that.
If the car is super-nice, it'll probably be worth more than the other run of the mill cars that have high miles and not so good body panels, but it's not where people are investing their $$ when they go look for a G-body. Sorry. JMO.
No, generic vanilla G-bodies make up the majority of the G-body population. The Monte SS, GN, etc., were minor numbers in the big scheme of things. The cars weren't really designed to be performance cars for the most part, other than the small production numbers as pertaining to those "special" versions. And by today's standards, none of them are worth a flip unless you mod the heck out of them.
If it was an 84 Monte SS, that would merit more $$ because of how small the number was for that particular version in 1984. But the typical Monte Carlo was made for dependable and stylish transportation. GM learned a big time lesson after that 2nd oil crunch and it took a long time to recover from that.
If the car is super-nice, it'll probably be worth more than the other run of the mill cars that have high miles and not so good body panels, but it's not where people are investing their $$ when they go look for a G-body. Sorry. JMO.
Unless you have a black, turbo Regal, your G is worthless. Now, driving a cool G (daily for bonus points) can be priceless from the others that recognize and aren't so lucky.
I have an 86 MCSS Black T Top with less then 23,000 miles on it. I certainly think its not worthless. I dont want a Grand Pa car.
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